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Choose Your Words is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on organising a piece so it does the job it was written for, aligned to Common Core standard W.3.4. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Choose Your Words

W.3.4

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1.Where should a conclusion go, and what should it do?
  • A.At the start, to save time
  • B.In the middle, as a break
  • C.At the end, drawing the piece together
2.You are writing an opinion piece. What belongs first?
  • A.Your conclusion
  • B.Your weakest reason
  • C.The topic and your opinion
3.You are explaining a process to somebody who knows nothing about it. What must you do?
  • A.Leave out the hard parts
  • B.Define the words they will not know
  • C.Use as many technical terms as possible
4.You are writing a story rather than a report. What changes?
  • A.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
  • B.You must avoid all description
  • C.You cannot use paragraphs
5.You have four facts about swallows. What is the best way to organise them?
  • A.Group the related ones together
  • B.Put the longest one first
  • C.Put them in the order you found them
6.What does "organised for the task" mean?
  • A.Written in alphabetical order
  • B.Arranged so it does the job it was written for
  • C.Typed rather than handwritten
7.How do you know whether a paragraph belongs?
  • A.Check it is not the shortest
  • B.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
  • C.Count its sentences
8.You are writing instructions. How should they be organised?
  • A.As numbered steps in the order they happen
  • B.In order of how interesting they are
  • C.As one long paragraph

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Answer key — Choose Your Words

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.At the end, drawing the piece together
  2. 2.The topic and your opinion
  3. 3.Define the words they will not know
  4. 4.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
  5. 5.Group the related ones together
  6. 6.Arranged so it does the job it was written for
  7. 7.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
  8. 8.As numbered steps in the order they happen

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.3.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.